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Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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BURTNETT MCINTOSH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915..

Application filed December 12, 1912. Serial No. 736,242.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURI'NETT MoINTosH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cribs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cribs or highrailed beds for children, and the object of the invention primarily is to improve the devices for allowing one of the side rails to be dropped so that the children may be easily placed in and taken out of the bed, and at the same time to provide devices making it impossible for the child to release the side rail. In this way the child may be allowed with safety to climb around the sides of the crib without danger of its releasing the side rail and falling from the crib.

To this end my invention comprises certain novel features of construction, all of which will be fully set forth hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is now had to the accompanying drawings, which represent, as a sample, the preferred construction of my invention, in which drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a crib fitted with my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section taken transversely of the side rail of the bed on the line 22 of Fig. 1 showing one of the dogs which support the side railingrFig. 3 is a similar detail section but on the line 83 of Fig. 1; Fig. 41: is a bottom plan view showing the two railing supporting dogs and the devices for operating them; Fig. 5 is an enlarged front elevation of these devices with parts broken away; Fig. 6 is an enlarged front elevation of a modified form of the dogs; Fig. 7 is a side elevation thereof with the side rail of the crib in cross section; Fig. 8 is a rear or inside elevation of these parts; Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 7 and Fig.

10 is an enlarged view showing the manner in which the arm folds for shipment.

The crib is made up, as to its main parts, in the usual way, namely it comprises four corner posts 12 held together by side and end rails 14: which join the posts rigidly in rectangular form and carry the mattress and spring of the crib. Suitable railings extend between the posts 12 at the head and foot and sides of the bed, and my improvements The drawings show the side rail which is made to open as above indicated, and referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that this side railing comprises horizontal bars 15 rigidly connected by vertical bars 16. At each end there is an end bar 17, the ends of which are rigidly joined to supporting brackets 18 respectively at the ends of the corner posts 12 and the horizontal rails 15 of theside railing have eyes 19 which slide vertically on the rails or bars 17. When the side railing is raised as shown in Fig. 1, the crib is closed, and by allowing the side railing to drop, the eyes 19 slide along the rails or bars 17 and permit the'side rail to drop to a point near the floor so that the child may be easily lifted in'or out of the crib.

The essential features of my invention consist particularly of the devices for holding this side railing up and for allowing its convenient release without however placing this release under the control in any mannor, of the child, orindeed any other person within the crib. For this purpose two supporting dogs 20 are provided. These, as

shown best in Figs. 2 and 8, are in the form of upwardly disposed forks in which the bottom rail 15 is seated when the side railing is raised and by which said side railing is supported in this raised position. The dogs 20 slide horizontally in brackets 21 depending from the side rail 14 adjacent thereto, so that by lifting up the side railing sufficiently to allow the dogs to clear the rail 15, said dogs may be moved in and out of the vertical plane of the said side railing and then the said side railing may be dropped to the floor line. The dogs 20 are yieldingly held outward in operative position as in Figs. 2 and 3 by springs 22 which are attached to the inner ends of the dogs and they said guides 21. There are preferably two of the dogs 20 disposed as shown in Fig. 1. For moving these dogs in and out in unison with each other I employ a rocker bar 23 which is fastened under the side rail 1% by hinges 24 so that the same rocks around a horizontal axis. The ends of the said rocker bar 23 are turned down to form crank-like extensions 25, shown best in Figs. 4: and 5, and these are respectively pivoted to the dogs 20 so that upon the rocking of the bar prevents additional cost in transportation 23 the dogs 20 are moved backward as described. The springs 22 return the parts to their forward position. The "rocker bar 23 isadapted to be actuated by the arm 26.

This. is disposed as a pedal underthe crib near theside thereof which is furnished with the movable-side railing and carries a foot-piece 27 to facilitate the operationof the arm26. Saidiarm as shown best in Figs. 2 and 3 is pivoted at 28 to an arm 29 Which projects from and is securely fastened totthe rocker. bar 23. The arm 26 is furnished with a hook 30 and this'is adapted toFco-act with the pin 31 which is adaptedto slide in aslot' 32 'in-the said arm 29. The parts are so disposed (see Fig. 3') that when the hook'30' engages the pin'3l the arms26 and 29 become-rigid and when ones foot is engaged with the foot plate 27 and the arm 26' is pushedback, the arm :29 is correspondingly moved and with it the ro'ckerbar 23. "This movement of the rocker bar 23 operates thebrackets as before de scribed. i I V ,fAssuming the. side railing .to, be in its 7 V raised] orbperative position, should it be desired to" lower the side railing, the attendant has only to push the arm 26 back with his.foot,vwhich"rocks the arm 29. and bar 23,-.and this 'bar,:by the operation before described, imparts a backward movement to the brackets 20.v Toj-allow this backward movement! this. side. railing should first be raised toclear' the bar-15 from the brackets. When the bracketsare first moved back the side railing should then be allowed to drop,

' i the brackets 20 being-held back during this operation. The side railing then takes this lower position'and the pressure of the arm 26 may be relaxed. 'This lowers the side of the crib and allowsithe child to be moved in or out. .To restore the side railing'to its raised or active position the arm 26 should again be pushed back and the side railing raiseduntil the bar 15 reaches an elevation above, the brackets- 20, and then the pressure l of'thearm 26 may be relaxed and. the

' springs 22 will push the brackets 20 for ward so. that the bars 15 may drop thereinto and hold the side railing elevated as previously described. The purpose of joining 'thearm 26 tothe arm 29 through the medium of the pivot28and hook and pin 30 and 31 is to allowthe arm to be folded down bed. 'When this is desired, it is only necessary to turn the mattress frame upside down and rock the arm 26 slightly and the pin 30 drops by gravity into the slot32, and then the arm- 26 is free to swing down against the the crib to be shippedin compactform and and also prevents the liability of the arm being injuredby projecting out "from the mattress frame.

' In some cases it may be desirable to em ploy only one bracket hook. Such an, ar: rangement is illustrated in Figs. 6"to 10, where the bracket hook is represented at 20. This bracket hook may be conveniently placed at about the middle of the length ofthe crib and is arranged to slide horizontally in a supporting lug 34: projecting from the side rail 14. Said bracket 20 is moved forward by aspring 35 as above depin 41 which slides in a slot d2 in the aforesaid arm These parts 40 and 41 are designed to act with the arms 39 and 37 exactly as the parts 30. and 31 operate with the arms 29 and 26 and for the same purpose. The structure shown, therefore, in Figs. 6 and 10 operates on the same princip'le as the other figures of the drawings,

but it omits the rocking bar 23 and thetwo brackets which are incident thereto,employing in its place but a single bracket '20 which co-acts with the bar 15 of the side rail exactly as before'described.

Having thus describedmy invention, what Iclaim is: W 1. Acrib provided with a vertically movable side. railing, a supporting dog therefor mounted to move in and out horizontally on the crib, a spring tending to move the dog outward, a member mounted to swing on the cribfand' having the dog piv otally connected to its lower portion and a pedal arm joined to said swinging member and extending downward in position to be engaged by the foot of the operator whereby to move the dog inward,'said pedal arm being pivoted to the swinging member intermediate its end and the swinging member having a part movable thereon in and out of engagement with the upper end of the pedal arm whereby the pedal arm may be folded in under the spring of the crib to facilitate transportation.

2. A crib having a'vertically movable side railing for the purpose specified,'a rocker bar mounted on the side adjacent to said side railing, dogs to support the side railing,

the dogs pivotally connected with the rocker bar and mounted to move horizontally in and out of engagement with the side railing, a spring tending to move the dogs outward and a pedal arm connected to the rocker bar and projecting downward in position to be engaged by the foot of the operator to move the dogs inward, the said pedal arm being In Witness whereof I have signed my pivotally mounted intermediate its ends and name to this specification in the presence of a pin to engage the upper end of the pedal two subscribing Witnesses.

arm, the pin movably supported from the BURTNETT MOINTOSH. rocker bar whereby the pedal arm may be Witnesses:

folded under the spring of the crib for H. WALLACE,

transportation. 7 HAROLD BYROM.

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